Grand Unified Theory, from the Iceland Report.

Second Life bank crash foretold financial crisis, from MSNBC, courtesy of Brad.

In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?, from the Onion News Network, courtesy of Heather.

Genesis on Facebook, from College Humor, courtesy of Robin D.

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, courtesy of Josh and Susan.

Geek Pop Star, from New York Magazine, about Malcolm Gladwell.

What's the Matter With Greenwich?: Why the rich voted for Obama against their own economic interest, from Slate.

Obama the Political Entrepreneur, from OpenMarket.org.

Preparing for the Obama Era: Bush Officials and President-Elect Working Together On Pressing Issues, from the Washington Post.

Secrets of the 2008 Campaign, from Newsweek.

Winkin', from Dooce.

Someone Should Have Warned Them, from Cato @ Liberty. "By almost every measure, government grew bigger, more expensive, and more intrusive under President Bush and the Republican Congress."

@MarsPhoenix's Twitter Epitaphs, from Wired Science.

Keep Virginia Red, from Cato @ Liberty.

Palin Rap, from Saturday Night Live. I can't stop watching this!

The Boys on the Bus, from The Daily Beast, courtesy of Heather. "From Steve Schmidt's bad Karaoke performance to Dennis Kucinich's nut thievery, campaign reporters share their best—and most hilarious—memories from the trail."

Doesn't Anyone Care About Moral Hazard Anymore?, from NPR.

Bogus Trend of the Week: Dudes With Cats: The New York Times' Sunday Styles section detects a new craze, from Slate.

What the Heck Is "Clean Coal"? It depends whom you ask, from Slate.

Sorry, Fido, It’s Just a Guy Thing, from The New York Times, courtesy of Robin. This is about cats and the straight men who love them. :)

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Mock the Vote, from Entertainment Weekly, courtesy of Alison.

Alaska vs. Hawaii: Why is Seward's Folly the "real America" and the Aloha State not?, from Slate.

Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals, from The New York Times - Freakonomics Blog.

The Old Neighborhood: My Alaska, and Sarah Palin's, deserves better from America, from Slate.

Where Did the Government Get $85 Billion?: Was it just lying around somewhere?, from Slate.

Adam Smith Meets Climate Change: How the theory of moral sentiments could be applied to cap-and-trade greenhouse-gas emissions, from Slate.

Sarah Palin Gender Card, from The Daily Show.

Bristol Palin's Choice, from The Daily Show.

The Daily Show's new billboard in St. Paul.

A Cure For Real Estate Amnesia, from NPR.

Cokie: Hawaii Too Foreign For Obama, from Talking Points Memo, courtesy of Josh.

Reviewed: Dave Zabriskie’s Nuts, from FatCyclist.com.

Large Hadron Rap, from YouTube, courtesy of Ed.

On the road looking for typos: Grammar-conscious pals set signs straight, from The Boston Globe, and Vandals in Hot Water for 'Fixing' Typo on Historic Grand Canyon Sign, from Fox News, both courtesy of Ed.

Redesigning the Stop sign, from YouTube, courtesy of Jennifer.

Chris Horner Gives Fallen Rider (and bike) a 2k Ride to the Finish, from The Everyday Athlete, courtesy of Dave.

Bacon Mania, from Salon, courtesy of Eugene.

So You Wanna Be An Olympian, by Kathryn Bertine, from ESPN. Great series -- will be expanded and published as a book next spring.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
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• Part 9
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A must-read. An Open Letter to CyclingNews.com, from Fat Cyclist. Fatty's commentary on a particularly exciting stage of the 2005 TdF kicks CyclingNews.com's ass.

Old, Drunk Man Lost At Sea, from the Outside blog.

Obama Supporters Take His Name as Their Own, from The New York Times.

;( Has modern life killed the semicolon?, from Slate.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, from The New York Times.

Putting Meat Back in Its Place, from The New York Times.

RefundPlease.com helps you get refunds on Amazon purchases when the price has dropped within 30 days after purchase.

What's in a Last Name?, from The New York Times.

California Gay-Marriage Rush, from Slate V. Sniff, sniff.

Does Google Hate America? The search giant rankles the right by declining to commemorate certain holidays, from Slate.

How To Win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest: A champion reveals the recipe for victory, from Slate.

Confessions of a Readaholic, from YouTube, courtesty of Heather.

The Uneven Playing Field, on the higher rates of injury in girls' sports, from The New York Times.

OPEN LETTER (to people who push their dogs in strollers), from Mighty Girl.

Jon Stewart with Will Farrel as George Bush.

The Fizz-dom of Crowds: If prediction markets are so great, why have they been so wrong lately?, from Slate.

Dirty Phone Tricks for the Presidential Campaign: Beware, some callers have hidden agendas, from Slate.

An Engineer's Guide to Cats, from YouTube, courtesy of my sister.

Iceland Has Power To Burn: The tiny island nation can teach the United States valuable lessons about energy policy, from Slate.

Stop the Mortgage Bailout!

The BSNYC April Fools' Day Round-Up, from BikeSnobNYC.

Practicing Patients, from The New York Times. The intersection of Web 2.0 and pharmaceuticals.

Tabby Road, from I Can Haz Cheezburger.

Cribs with Louis XVI, from YouTube.

Awareness Test, from YouTube, courtesy of every cyclist I know.

Clinton's tepid response to Ferraro is shameful, from MSNBC, courtesy of Alison.

The Aloha Spirit: Caucusing in Hawaii, from Slate.

Hardballs: How would Chris Matthews sound if he talked to men like he talks to women?, from Slate.

Kitty co-pilot, courtesy of Kris.

Humour: Tips for Becoming a Roadie, from Bike Radar (by the Fat Cyclist).

This Explains a Lot, from Subway Knitter. This post is about the Mittens of the Beast.

Daniel Wasserman's editorial cartoons, from The Boston Globe.

Hawaii on a Dime, from The New York Times.

Iceland on the Daily Show, courtesy of Brad, who confirms that the translations are accurate. Deserter Storm Part 1 and Part 2.

Freakonomics: Unintended Consequences, from The New York Times.

LibriVox, free audio books in the public domain.

The Baby Primary: Can I get my 5-month-old daughter photographed with every presidential candidate?, from Slate.

Kitty Wigs, courtesty of Rach.

Don't Fear Starbucks: Why the franchise actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses, from Slate

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Holy Nonsense: Mitt Romney's windy, worthless speech, from Slate, courtesy of Alison.

BSNYC TV: Putting Bikes on the Air.

But Doc, the Dog's Already Dead!: How to say no to your vet, from Slate.

The iPhone Freedom Fighters: Don't be afraid: Unlocking Apple's superphone is legal, ethical, and just plain fun, from Slate.

Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism, from The New York Times.

The War as They Saw It, from Slate. Also Lost Voices: Why the deaths of Yance T. Gray and Omar Mora are particularly galling, from Slate.

The Magnificent Seven: Soldiers pen a jaw-dropping NYT op-ed about the war in Iraq, from Slate. Also: The War as We Saw It, from The New York Times.

Lobes of Steel, from The New York Times.

Thank God, This Will Only Get Worse, from The New York Times.

Making a Mark with Rockets and Roadsters, from NPR.

American Leadership and War, from Maps of War.

China Drinks Its Milk, from the BBC, courtesy of Heather.

How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper, from Scientific American, courtesy of Heather.

The Real Dr. House, from Discover magazine.

Pack mentality: Cut deals with the enemy, maximize liquidity, punish the welshers, and other free-market lessons of the typical bike race, from Fortune.

Oscar the cat predicts patients' deaths, from The Boston Globe.

For Athletes, an Invisible Traffic Hazard, from The New York Times. Sigh.

The Story of Roy, from Crazy Aunt Purl.

The Devil Wears Microsoft?

Cycling's Biggest Dopes: A reader's guide to the new Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis books, from Slate.

Flight of the Conchords. Wow. Just wow.

The connection: When Ken met Emira, they changed each other's worlds, from The Boston Globe, courtesy of Robin. Great story.

Freakonomics: Payback Time, from The New York Times.

The Cat Blog... Pippy Style.

Rocky II, III, IV Decisions Overturned After Stallone Caught With Performance-Enhancing Drugs, from The Onion, courtesy of Brad M.

The Difference Between Boys and Girls, from Fat Cyclist.

Plastic Ocean: Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?, from Best Life.

In Tennessee, Goats Eat the ‘Vine That Ate the South’, from The New York Time.

Why Chinese is So Damn Hard, from Pinyin, courtesy of Kevin.

President Bush Reaches Out to Nation's Fallen Bees, from The Onion Radio News, courtesy of Heather.

This American Life Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence, from The Onion, courtesy of Heather.

Chad Vader.

Fix the AMT (But Not Yet): The looming Alternative Minimum Tax catastrophe, and why the Democrats shouldn't try to prevent it, from Slate.

General Knowledge: Why no one wants to be Bush's war czar, from Slate.

ECCC's "Ask a Pro" Forum on leg-shaving, from Slate.

The Hospital: Daddy gets a guilt trip, from Slate.

Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Daily Show.

The Woman Warrior at 30:
Maxine Hong Kingston's secrets and lies, from Slate.

Meow Meow Mr. Rogers for President Meow, from Mason-Dixon Knitting.

The Women’s War, from The New York Times.

A Good Run for Your Money: What's the best way to loan a poor entrepreneur $20?, from Slate.

Carbon confusion: Buying emission offsets is a challenge for consumers, from Slate.

How the Rich Sleep: New York Times dispatches from the bed wars, from Slate.

How the Rich Sleep: New York Times dispatches from the bed wars, from Slate.

Race Report: The Newark Hilton Stationary Bike Cycling Championships, from Fat Cyclist.

Cat bag apparel irks Florida officials, from the Boston Globe. The rapper who is a cat: "He's got the hottest beats and the softest fur." Yes, this is related to the Globe story. I am easily amused.

Japan resorts to manga propaganda, from AP, courtesy of Rachel.

The Romantic Life of Brainiacs, from the Boston Globe, courtesy of Heather.

How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, from New York Magazine, courtesy of Heather.

Viewpoint, from Times Online, courtesy of Heather.

What should I put in my spy kit?, from Ask MetaFilter

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Want To Buy My Students a $392 Camcorder? A nonprofit uses the Web to work marketplace magic, from Slate.

Monsters: Have I screwed up my daughters forever?, from Slate.

Cycling the Silk Road, from Slate.

Worth a second look: Fat Cyclist's An Open Letter to Assos, response from Swiss doctor and response to the response, and an inside joke.

Unhappy Meals, from The New York Times Magazine.

Cure for Colic?: Hope for a pediatrician's miracle treatment, from Slate.

The Movie Hollywood Doesn't Want You To See: Idiocracy, the feel-bad comedy of the year, from Slate. This review oversells the movie a bit. The intro.

Wiki-Parenting: How babies invented community-based collaborative authorship, from Slate.

The Purloined Sirloin: Why is meat the most shoplifted item in America?, from Slate.

Dealing with pomegranates, from Gourmet's Choptalk.

The George W. Bush Speechwriter is "a Flash Application that lets you build speeches using his own words and voice" (ReadyMade Blog).

Dirty Work: What are the jobs Americans won't do?, from Slate.

Giving Birth in Berkeley: The father's perspective, from Slate. The rest of the Dad Again columns.

Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots, from Angry Flower.

An Appreciation: From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By, from The New York Times.

America's Top Jefferson, from the Colbert Report, courtesy of Dad.